Agro climatic zone and jurisdiction (District/State Boundaries):

  • Climate:
Slno  Agro-climate Zone  Characteristics 
1 East & south east coastal plain zone 
Hot & humid climate, Latitude – 20- 210  North  Longitude – 84-870 3’ East Surrounded by Kendrapada in North east Puri & bay of Bengal in South, Cuttack in west & bay of Bengal in East
 
Slno  Agro ecological situation  Characteristics 
1
Coastal irrigated Alluvium (Found in Jagatsinghpur Biridi, Naugan, Balikuda, Raghunathpur, Tirtol, Ersama, kujang block 
-Geographical area: 470000 hac
-Soil type: sandy loam to clay loam
-Rainfall : 1370 mm
-Cropping intensity: 198
-Major crops: Rice, G.gram, vegetable, G.nut, jute, sesame
2
Rainfed  Alluvium  (Found in Jagatsinghpur Biridi, Naugan, Balikuda, Raghunathpur, Tirtol, Ersama, kujang block
-Geographical area: 375000 hac
-Soil type: loamy sand to sandy clay loam 
-Rainfall : 1343 mm
-Cropping intensity: 185
-Major crops: Rice, G.gram, vegetable, G.nut, jute, sesame
3
Coastal Alluvial saline (Found in Balikuda, Ersama, Kujang block)
-Geographical area: 318000 hac
-Soil type: sandy loam to clay 
-Rainfall: 1379 mm
-Cropping intensity: 105
-Major crops: Rice, G.gram, vegetable
4
Coastal water logged  (Found in Balikuda, Ersama, Kujang block)
-Geographical area: 728000 hac
-Soil type: loamy sand to sandy loam 
-Rainfall: 1362 mm
-Cropping intensity: 95
-Major crops: Rice
 
  • Traditional crops: Rice, Green gram, Black gram, Vegetables, Groundnut
Slno  Crop  Area(ha) Production (Qtl) Productivity (Qtl/ha)
1 Rice  97242 2686452 27.63
2 Green gram 26909 74269 2.76
3 Black gram 4363 12404 2.84
4 Ground nut  1361 15112 11.1
5 Potato  246 32275 131.2
6 Sugarcane  712 517389 726.67
 
  • Cropping system/situation:
Sl. No Name of the Block Major Cropping System
1 Kujang
  • Paddy – Fallow
  • Sole crop- Black gram/Green gram/ Horse gram
  • Vegetable-Fallow
  • Paddy-Greengram/ Black gram/ Horse gram
2 Erasama
  • Paddy – Fallow
  • Sole crop- Black gram/Green gram/ Horse gram
  • Vegetable-Fallow
  • Paddy-Greengram/ Black gram/ Horse gram
3 Biridi
  • Paddy – Fallow
  • Paddy-Greengram/ Black gram/ Horse gram
  • Paddy-Green gram-Vegetable
4 Raghunathpur
  • Paddy – Fallow
  • Paddy-Greengram/ Black gram/ Horse gram
  • Paddy-Green gram-Vegetable
  • Sole crop- Black gram/Green gram/ Horse gram
  • Vegetable-Fallow
  • Sole crop-Sugarcane
5
  • Tirtol
  • Sole crop- Black gram/Green gram/ Horse gram
  • Paddy-Greengram/ Black gram/ Horse gram
  • Vegetable-Fallow
6
  • Jagatsinghpur
  • Paddy-Greengram/ Black gram/ Horse gram
  • Paddy-Green gram-Vegetable
  • Vegetable-Green gram / Black gram / Horse gram
  • Sole crop- Black gram/Green gram/ Horse gram
  • Vegetable-Fallow
7 Balikuda
  • Paddy-Greengram/ Black gram/ Horse gram
  • Sole crop- Black gram/Green gram/ Horse gram
  • Vegetable-Fallow
8 Naugaon
  • Paddy-Greengram/ Black gram/ Horse gram
  • Sole crop- Black gram/Green gram/ Horse gram
  • Vegetable-Fallow